3:13 cut before his head collides with the table in the background! :) Nice simple dolly - I like it. I love the inspiration I get from Matthias on how one man's junk is sometimes that same man's treasure.
A few years ago I remodeled our bathroom and was faced with trying to haul a 400 pound cast iron bathtub outside. I used a square of plywood and four chair casters to improvise a dolly which did the job. Still have the dolly and use it from time to time. Not a tool I need every day but an unequaled back saver when you need it.
Dude - what a GREAT IDEA! I ran right down and bought me a new chair so I could make a dolly like yours. Then I couldn't think of what to do with the remaining chair-on-a-stick (jalapeno flavored) until I saw a rocking horse on a coil spring over at the park - so I borrowed a spring from my neighbor's pickup (that he rarely uses) and setup a rocking chair on my front porch. YOU da BEST!!!!
I recently realised you hadn't done anything that could potentially injure you. I suppose that was a silly notion. I love the hardwood plug idea! An idea that in hindsight looks so obvious and simple, but I never would have thought of it. You do seem to have a solution built mind set.
one trick that works for me for keeping the drills from clogging --silicone spray sold as a protectant for tablesaw surfaces....quick spray and a wipe down; keeps them from clogging nearly as often and clean much more easily....
Never use silicone lubricant on any surface your project wood touches unless you don't want to put any finish on it. If you are referring to Bostik dricote or topcote spray, that is a fluoropolymer, not silcone. Dricote was made for saw blades and router bits.
Mathew another fun video, but I have a cart which hold a lot of weight, and I put the wheels through a Cross section of pine. yes I thought they may get loose but most of the pressure is downward. 9 years later it's my favorite cart. same set up as you dismissed. ..sometimes we over engineer.
I have a DeWalt 20V drill and noticed the chuck coming undone, too. If you use if for an extended period of time you get used to it and end up easing off the 'throttle' a little slower. I did a decking job where I had to run about a thousand 1 1/2 inch screws into the joists and I only had the chuck come loose once. The more you use it, the less it does it. That's my experience, anyway.
Put wax or soap on drill to reduce chip adhesion. I know you got the drill for free but watching you work with this oversized beast I am glad I have the compact 12V tools. The 4x6 metal cutting bandsaw is OK on wood using a coarse blade, not as slow as I expected. Only problem is dirt/oil transfer from metal cutting. Better than no bandsaw for sure.
The other idea I had to solve the splitting wood was to use the metal rod from a small curtain rod or whatever fits the casters and then cut it like 2-3 inches long and insert the hollow rod deeper and then just push then push the casters in. … I think I’ll try that first. Less noise in my apartment with power tools lol
For my cordless screwdriver drill thing I have a selection of drills that feature the same hex ending like screwdriver bits. The drill can hold them much better. They are not the best in cutting power but I am using the cordless already, so it can't get worse. Just don't make the mistake to put them into a bitholder and then complaining about how they wobble, they are just not intended for that.
I've never seen you use glue from a bottle. Did you loose your cup and stick? Good idea with the hardwood plugs. I might be able to incorporate that in an upcoming project.
Hey, Matthias God forbid anything bad happens to you, but how can you put your fingers so close to the bandsaw? Could you perhaps make a video on this topic with tips on how to become as good as you? Thanks
Matthias, I did have a drill that when stopped would loosen the chuck also. I thought about using it for a drill powered dinosaur build from Izzy. That way the sudden stoppage of the drill would help with the braking on the drill powered dinosaur (haha). So what project is the dolly going to be used for?
Is there a reason you didn't use softwood for all 4 sides? The hardwood 'bushing' is a great idea, and you could have used it on each end of all 4 pieces.
I wanted the bottom pieces that everyhing else mounts on to be a bit stronger. Also, this way I don't have to worry about he plug potentially pushing through.
Just curious, was there a reason for making the plugs grain always follow the hard wood board's grain? It seems to be like you'd want the plug gain to run the direction of the board it's fitting it, that would make it so the endgrain of the plug was touching the endgrain of its host, making the faces touch, which seems like it would make it stronger in the end. I realize that the load applied in use would never load the joint in a way to push the plug out. It just noticed you went out of your way to face the grains opposite.
I didn't see you use anything to keep your pieces square while you were gluing/screwing them together, and yet it turned out all right. Did I miss something?
Great Video. What economical screws do you find to work best with most applications? I hear dry wall screws are very inexpensive but usually too brittle.
unless you are screwing in hard woods, drywall screws are fine. I use nothing else and never had a problem. they are also fine for harder woods but require pretty heavy predrilling.
Is there any benefit to smearing the glue around vs just leaving it how it comes from the bottle? I've always been curious and always feel the need to smear it around so it covers the entire surface. Waste of time?
Yeah makes perfect sense just thinking a bandsaw isn't that precise but it's not aesthetic and for someone with your skill level I guess it's not that hard to cut circles
holesaw chip ejection is helped immensely by making the teeth run just off the edge of the board, if you do it luckily you can minimise the size of the flat or eliminate it altogether. drilling a matching hole is still tricky.
Where did you get the hard wood come from? Was it from recycled furniture? For a second I thought you were going to do the patented Matthias test and jump on the dolly. Great video.
Matthias Wandel Wow. I am amazed at how you are able to find free wood. I know it's out there, but it just seems that you have a higher percentage of success when it comes to finding it, or is that just my perception from watching your videos? You should really discuss your strategies for finding free wood and reducing the cost of woodworking. Your ability to maximize your resources is one of the things I really enjoy about your videos.
just a thought i could be wrong but the drill bit could be clogging so regularly because your drilling through the glue between the workpieces? i know from experience that sawdust and glue gums up sandpaper quickly when i sanded joints when i have been forced to use split wood from time to time.
When you say "exotic hardwood " do you mean oak or something like mahogany or something. I realize because Canada is well Canada you have different woods to play with than I would but I still wouldn't call oak exotic.
"Not for super heavy loads". Not even for heavy duty loads, light duty only. I can't tell you how many office chairs I've seen thrown away because of a broken caster. Office chairs appear to be built to hold some Asian person of about 150 lbs, not some American man of 250-300 lbs.
3:13 cut before his head collides with the table in the background! :)
Nice simple dolly - I like it. I love the inspiration I get from Matthias on how one man's junk is sometimes that same man's treasure.
A few years ago I remodeled our bathroom and was faced with trying to haul a 400 pound cast iron bathtub outside. I used a square of plywood and four chair casters to improvise a dolly which did the job. Still have the dolly and use it from time to time. Not a tool I need every day but an unequaled back saver when you need it.
That little satisfied smile.
Dude - what a GREAT IDEA! I ran right down and bought me a new chair so I could make a dolly like yours. Then I couldn't think of what to do with the remaining chair-on-a-stick (jalapeno flavored) until I saw a rocking horse on a coil spring over at the park - so I borrowed a spring from my neighbor's pickup (that he rarely uses) and setup a rocking chair on my front porch. YOU da BEST!!!!
I recently realised you hadn't done anything that could potentially injure you. I suppose that was a silly notion.
I love the hardwood plug idea! An idea that in hindsight looks so obvious and simple, but I never would have thought of it. You do seem to have a solution built mind set.
The child-like glee on his face when he tests the dolly at the end - priceless
one trick that works for me for keeping the drills from clogging --silicone spray sold as a protectant for tablesaw surfaces....quick spray and a wipe down; keeps them from clogging nearly as often and clean much more easily....
Never use silicone lubricant on any surface your project wood touches unless you don't want to put any finish on it. If you are referring to Bostik dricote or topcote spray, that is a fluoropolymer, not silcone. Dricote was made for saw blades and router bits.
I love the fact that you can hand cut a plug and it fits perfect in in drilled hole !
You should look into making projects from wood pallets !
Mattias likes to use 2 electric drills, from one side a super powerful, hi end, heavy duty super expensive drill, to the other a dewalt...
DeWalt is a good brand. It's they grey one that's shitty
no way
Dewilt... a good brand? When? 10 years ago?
a wandrill
I always was amazed because he used suck a cheap drill.
After years of watching your vids finally you make something I'm pretty sure I can do too lol
what the home made band saw is out of your reach? or maybe the dial o dato..... I feel the same way
Mathew another fun video, but I have a cart which hold a lot of weight, and I put the wheels through a Cross section of pine. yes I thought they may get loose but most of the pressure is downward. 9 years later it's my favorite cart. same set up as you dismissed. ..sometimes we over engineer.
Take the drill out while it spins, another amazing tool from Dewalt
Thank you! This is what I was thinking wi to the plugs cause I had them break off on my first attempt…. Wasn’t sure this would solve it so thanks!!
I have a DeWalt 20V drill and noticed the chuck coming undone, too. If you use if for an extended period of time you get used to it and end up easing off the 'throttle' a little slower. I did a decking job where I had to run about a thousand 1 1/2 inch screws into the joists and I only had the chuck come loose once. The more you use it, the less it does it. That's my experience, anyway.
I have the exact same problem with the drill, as soon as you stop the chuck opens just enough to loosen the bit.
iShootBandits mine does too. SO annoying!
Put wax or soap on drill to reduce chip adhesion.
I know you got the drill for free but watching you work with this oversized beast I am glad I have the compact 12V tools.
The 4x6 metal cutting bandsaw is OK on wood using a coarse blade, not as slow as I expected. Only problem is dirt/oil transfer from metal cutting. Better than no bandsaw for sure.
yeah, that drill is no fun to use. But it's what I had at hand there.
I knew you would try to roll on it.
It'll be interesting to see if this design works overs overtime. Lets hope MW keeps us posted.
Pretty cool project. Nicely done.
To unclog the flutes switch the drill drive direction and press the drill bit against a wooden surface while it is running.
nice frankendrill you got there made from ryobi battery and a somethingelse :D
Quiet a simple effective idea! thumps up again 👍
DeWalt gave you the drill and you trashed it. No more freebies but you helped your subscribers.
Will you sell the plans for this on your website?
Would love to see a showdown on the bandsaw between Matthias and Jimmy Diresta.
I love all your videos!!!
I find that a nail makes a perfectly good drill bit for wood, and it never clogs. Wouldn't help with the self-loosening chuck problem though.
The other idea I had to solve the splitting wood was to use the metal rod from a small curtain rod or whatever fits the casters and then cut it like 2-3 inches long and insert the hollow rod deeper and then just push then push the casters in.
… I think I’ll try that first. Less noise in my apartment with power tools lol
i missed those little projects ^^
For my cordless screwdriver drill thing I have a selection of drills that feature the same hex ending like screwdriver bits. The drill can hold them much better. They are not the best in cutting power but I am using the cordless already, so it can't get worse. Just don't make the mistake to put them into a bitholder and then complaining about how they wobble, they are just not intended for that.
Oh the good old days a manual drill and a screw driver.
Really thought you was gonna take a run, then jump onto the dolly :P
Great fun, Matthias! :D
Hi Mattias, To save even more of your hardwood could you not have used all four rails in softwood, and put the hw plugs in all four?
Wow I was so early I only had the option to watch in 360P. HAHA! Great video Matthias!
I'm so glad I subscribed to your second channel :)
always find it funny when he says shit. "shit.. shit shit shit!!" lol
the only problem I was thinking that if you use non locking casters won't things shift unexpectedly?
That office chair is a little low, eh? Oh! Office Chair Wheel Dolly! I get it!
Is that like building a palette out of re-claimed palette wood??
First! There's a bug at 3:07.
yes i see, try reloading the video, it might fix it. :P
💕🤙🏼
Why is this not on the main channel?
I have that same drill and I never figured out why the chuck keeps working loose. Yes, I'm an idiot but thanks.
Great. How are the mice getting on?
I've never seen you use glue from a bottle. Did you loose your cup and stick? Good idea with the hardwood plugs. I might be able to incorporate that in an upcoming project.
Drillin through glue lol what you think its gummin up for
what wood would you use for a boating project tiqe or mohagany
Hey, Matthias
God forbid anything bad happens to you, but how can you put your fingers so close to the bandsaw?
Could you perhaps make a video on this topic with tips on how to become as good as you?
Thanks
Just don't push your fingers into the blade and you'll be fine.
The mother of invention - cheapassery!
my 18v lithium porter cable let's go of the bit like that too, drives me nuts.
why are you gluing the pieces if you put 4 screws in them? btw, i love your vids
You are awesome!
Matthias, I did have a drill that when stopped would loosen the chuck also. I thought about using it for a drill powered dinosaur build from Izzy. That way the sudden stoppage of the drill would help with the braking on the drill powered dinosaur (haha).
So what project is the dolly going to be used for?
Is there a reason you didn't use softwood for all 4 sides? The hardwood 'bushing' is a great idea, and you could have used it on each end of all 4 pieces.
I wanted the bottom pieces that everyhing else mounts on to be a bit stronger. Also, this way I don't have to worry about he plug potentially pushing through.
a wider plug on the bottom?
I had the same thought right up until the end when we saw that the two hardwood rails are connected to several softwood cross-pieces, not just two.
jonno 100, it would have to be a wider plug on the top otherwise it could still push through
Mattias, maybe its time to get a better chuck to do the job
So you glued 4 pieces of timber together....?!
Is there a reason why you glued the plugs to have perpendicular grain direction to the board's?
no
Just curious, was there a reason for making the plugs grain always follow the hard wood board's grain?
It seems to be like you'd want the plug gain to run the direction of the board it's fitting it, that would make it so the endgrain of the plug was touching the endgrain of its host, making the faces touch, which seems like it would make it stronger in the end.
I realize that the load applied in use would never load the joint in a way to push the plug out. It just noticed you went out of your way to face the grains opposite.
if the plug's grain was parallel to the board's, they could both split apart together. WIth it pertpendicular, that can't happen.
1:05 My B&D keyless chuck drill does that, and every time, I could almost rage!
What is the purpose of pilot holes for screws? When I built my fence I just slapped the 1x5 on and screwed right into the wood and they still hold.
hadwood
Putting screws so close to the edge and end of the board can easily break the piece
I didn't see you use anything to keep your pieces square while you were gluing/screwing them together, and yet it turned out all right. Did I miss something?
He aligned it with the square table.
Huh. I feel like that never works for me.
my crappy 20v canadia tire drill does that shit with the chuck very annoying , pretty sad when a dewalt does that shit
Great Video. What economical screws do you find to work best with most applications? I hear dry wall screws are very inexpensive but usually too brittle.
unless you are screwing in hard woods, drywall screws are fine. I use nothing else and never had a problem. they are also fine for harder woods but require pretty heavy predrilling.
Will they break drilling in hardwood? What do you think would be the next economical option for hardwoods.
Good idea, but I'm a bit disappointed that you used screws instead of showing us an exotic wood joint built with a fancy new jig :-)
Is there any benefit to smearing the glue around vs just leaving it how it comes from the bottle? I've always been curious and always feel the need to smear it around so it covers the entire surface. Waste of time?
What brand of drill did you use to screw in the screws?
Inspired by a baby walker? Or by a planter dolly? ;)
Matt, that has to be the first time I have heard you swear in FOREVER
LOVE. IT.
What type of hardwood is that? I have a lot of it that I got from the trash.
"Exotic"
It comes from a very special kind of tree called "A nearby dumpster"
Very rare.
I have some similar looking flooring I believe is Cumaru.
looks like Iroko to me
Why not use a hole saw to make the plugs
Hole saws are slow (no good chip ejection). Also, it's very unlikely that I'd have a hole saw with just the right inside diameter.
Yeah makes perfect sense just thinking a bandsaw isn't that precise but it's not aesthetic and for someone with your skill level I guess it's not that hard to cut circles
holesaw chip ejection is helped immensely by making the teeth run just off the edge of the board, if you do it luckily you can minimise the size of the flat or eliminate it altogether. drilling a matching hole is still tricky.
Different/new mic for the voice-over work?
Same mic I bought five years ago
Where did you get the hard wood come from? Was it from recycled furniture? For a second I thought you were going to do the patented Matthias test and jump on the dolly. Great video.
came from a dumpster by a hardwood floring store
Matthias Wandel Wow. I am amazed at how you are able to find free wood. I know it's out there, but it just seems that you have a higher percentage of success when it comes to finding it, or is that just my perception from watching your videos? You should really discuss your strategies for finding free wood and reducing the cost of woodworking. Your ability to maximize your resources is one of the things I really enjoy about your videos.
Did Matthias Wendel just join two pieces of wood with screws??? Screws!?
I guess that's why this is on the alt channel.
best rendition of "screw" i've ever read.
You could old make the holes by using a hole saw and keeping the piece it takes out
1:40 - That bug was very annoying!
Yonatan24 Wow it was a fly must have came with the dumpster wood. :-) It may have been a spy fly for John 🤔
Try some dry lube spray on your bits.
Ashland Gun club That's what she said
Matthias, I want to be you when I grow up!
ahhhhhh THATS why the bits keep coming loose... i thought i wasn't tightening them enough...
Wait, so I'm on your second channel? You should add a "2" or something. Not that it really matters, I'll watch either way.
DeWalt DeDrobeck.... Dennis Shoen... Ronald Fishwyld-stick....
We will be seeing Harriet scootching on that dolly before long. That is how Wandel kids play with their dollies.
just a thought i could be wrong but the drill bit could be clogging so regularly because your drilling through the glue between the workpieces? i know from experience that sawdust and glue gums up sandpaper quickly when i sanded joints when i have been forced to use split wood from time to time.
It's the exotic hardwood. Much less of a problem in the pine.
What a piece of crap! I like it.
Why did he change his channel picture from him to the default M?
Zakary gray second channel
LEXUS-RX300 HOW have I never noticed?!
Zakary gray he dont seems to talk about it , great bonus of videos
Some is having fun at the end of the video
you gotta say: weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
When you say "exotic hardwood " do you mean oak or something like mahogany or something. I realize because Canada is well Canada you have different woods to play with than I would but I still wouldn't call oak exotic.
By exotic, I mean exotic, not domestic.
Butt test .. PASS!
bit disappointed on the lack of the song: Ridin' by chamillionaire.
"Hello Dolly" is the more traditional choice.
so much recycling!
Hey, great video, but way to short ..... I look forward to your videos, but this was too short 😕
Matthias , you have way to much free time .........
I'm getting such a kick out of this video, because I buy cheap furniture dollys and take them apart for the casters...
"Not for super heavy loads". Not even for heavy duty loads, light duty only. I can't tell you how many office chairs I've seen thrown away because of a broken caster. Office chairs appear to be built to hold some Asian person of about 150 lbs, not some American man of 250-300 lbs.
Never had an office chair wheel break on me. 150 lbs is a good load for a dolly.
I think Matthius is loosing it.
Sometimes, i think, Mattias is not a man. He is a big boy.
Wow! What was that word you used? Good thing your daughter wasn't there.
Nooooooooooooo! Steel-plate, tack-weld, done.
Wow! A Noteworthy Hack